Friday, August 27, 2021
(Eve Jackson’s article appeared on France24, 8/27.) When the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan on August 16, Kabul-based artist and curator Rada Akbar felt she had no other opti…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:44PMThursday, August 26, 2021
(Nobuko Tanaka’s article appeared in the Japa Times, 8/26; Strong bonds: Keito Okamoto (right) says his admiration for his father, Kenichi (left), drew him to the role of Nicolas in Floria…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:52PMWednesday, August 25, 2021
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved. (Sorry about the lighting!)
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:54PMTuesday, August 24, 2021
(Jessica Gel’s article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 8/24; Photo: Johnny Clark, artistic director of VS. Theatre Company, left, and Circle X Theatre Co.’s Tim Wright on the stage of…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:32PMMonday, August 23, 2021
(from the Associated Press, 8/23.) PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:04PMSunday, August 22, 2021
(Donald Clarke’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 8/21. Photo: Juliet Stevenson: ‘The union was a big part of our lives. It seems absurd for a bunch of actors to be talking about the…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:58AMSaturday, August 21, 2021
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: To the accompaniment of a pianist’s improvisations, the pupils lived for hours in rhythm, explaining in their actions how they felt the mus…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:16PMFriday, August 20, 2021
(from France 24, 8/20; Text: News Wires; Photo: In this December 3, 2008 photo, people examine a self-portrait by the artist Chuck Close at Art Basel Miami Beach in Florida. © Joe Raedle, …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:55PMThursday, August 19, 2021
(Chris Wiegan’s article appeared in the Guardian, 8/18; Photo: Rebecca Trehearn as the Queen, with Sam Robinson (Dorian), Vinny Coyle (Arthur) and Giovanni Spano (Gawain) in Cinderella…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:56AMWednesday, August 18, 2021
(Elisha Fieldstadt’s article appeared on ABC news, 8/18; Photo: Actress Laura Osnes at Universal Studios Hollywood on November 21, 2019 in Universal City, Calif.Paul Archuleta / Getty Imag…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:08PMTuesday, August 17, 2021
(Doug George’s article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 8/17; Photo: Seats sit empty at Broadway in Chicago’s dormant James M. Nederlander Theatre in June 2020 in Chicago. The theater wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:03PMMonday, August 16, 2021
“Acts of War: Iraq and Afghanistan in Seven Plays” A book edited by Karen Malpede, Michael Messina and Bob Shuman The plays included in this collection are: Guantanamo: “Honor Bound to…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:41AMSunday, August 15, 2021
(Karen Finker’s article appeared in The Toronto Star, 7/24, 26; Photo: Toronto Star.) If you’re wondering where all the pink petunias in Ontario are, head to Stratford. The city’s flow…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:24PMSaturday, August 14, 2021
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: In a series of variegated exercises I tried to develop in my pupils not the outward rhythm of movement and action, but the inner rhythm of th…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:23PMFriday, August 13, 2021
(Sandra Sarala’s article appeared on ExBerliner, 7/15; Photo from Exberliner.) Michael Kohlhaas is relentless. Just as the character – based on a version of 16th-century merchant Hans Ko…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:21PMThursday, August 12, 2021
(Michael Schulman’s article appeared in The New Yorker, 8/16; Illustration by Zhenya Oliinyk.) Last spring’s doomed Broadway season is revived, along with plays by Lynn Nottage, Alice Ch…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:45PMWednesday, August 11, 2021
(Alexandra Guzeva’s article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 8/11; Photo: Spasskoye-Lutovinovo/Legion Media.) Russians love to spend time in nature’s lap and escape from the st…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:53PMTuesday, August 10, 2021
Irish Rep, along with Pat Moylan Productions, is proud to present the North American premiere of Angela’s Ashes: The Musical A two week special streaming event Music and Lyrics by A…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:55PMMonday, August 9, 2021
(Elizabeth Weitzman’s article appeared in the Wrap 8/8. Photo: Quantrell D. Colbert/MGM.) It’s more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance a…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:23PMSunday, August 8, 2021
(Lyndsey Winship’s article appeared in the Guarddian, 8/5; Photo: Full-beam lustre … Sutton Foster, centre, with, from left, Robert Lindsay, Jack Wilcox, Haydn Oakley and Samuel Edwar…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:34AMFriday, August 6, 2021
(Linda Morris’s article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, 8/6; Photo: Sydney Fringe director Kerri Glasscock says the festival’s cancellation is “just devastating”.CREDIT:LOUIE …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:24PMThursday, August 5, 2021
(Jason Fraley’s article appeared on WTOP News, 8/5.) If you’re planing on attending a local theater production, you better get vaccinated. An alliance of theaters across the D.C. area an…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:12PMWednesday, August 4, 2021
(From Shakespeare & Beyond; Photo: Savory Cogs Biscuits. Photo by Brittany Diliberto.) With the Folger’s four-year Before ‘Farm to Table’ project drawing to a close, we’re revi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:13PMTuesday, August 3, 2021
The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: It is better not to read verse at all, than read it in the way which is considered lawful, requisite, and patented in the sense of poetry and…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:31PMMonday, August 2, 2021
(Tom Rees’s article appeared in the Telegraph, 7/31. Photo: A street entertainer performs on the Royal Mile during a previous Fringe Festival. Organisers are concerned another bad year for…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:22PMSunday, August 1, 2021
(Kate Wyver’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/30; Photo: ‘Uniquely startling’ … Kunst und Revolution. Photograph: Imagno/Getty Images.) A history of theatre’s most controversi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:57PMFriday, July 30, 2021
By Bob Shuman Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Delacorte with a new version of The Merry Wives of Windsor, called Merry Wives, which is suited less for the outdoors than for small scre…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:04PMThursday, July 29, 2021
(via Jim Byk/Kelly Guiod, The Press Room) The Wooster Group’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother to make US debut The Performing Garage October 2021 Photo: The Wooster Gro…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:37PMWednesday, July 28, 2021
(Mark Fisher’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/22; Photo: Michael Hugo, Kira McPherson and Corinna Brown in Coppelia: A Mystery, directed by Theresa Heskins. Photographer: Jenny Harper…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:23PMTuesday, July 27, 2021
(Sara Keating’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 7/26; Photo: Waiting for Poirot performed at the People’s Park, Limerick. Photograph: Keith Wiseman.) The daring murder mystery is fu…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:39PMMonday, July 26, 2021
(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency; Photo: (c) Daniel M. Weiss.) Based on Real-Life Struggles of Runners, One Woman Show Celebrates Resilience Through The Stories of Athletes “Bracin…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:29PM 
